3. I'm more inclined to think that the 21st century will be even bloodier than the 20th century.

5. At the present time, yes. But if we want to survive as species, we need to stop fighting and hating

There is so much beauty in nature, so much wisdom in the words of an elderly.. so much joy and zest for life in the eyes of a child.. so much to be happy and greatful for, even in the most dire situations

7. Figure out a way to get rid of evil people. Until you do, there will be war and veterans.

8. Yep.

Although evil is really just a nice way of summing up the infinite number of reasons for why we go to war.

War is bad, no argument there. The fact is, it will never leave this world. Ever. And that's okay. If you can't stop something, you can at least try to change its nature, or mitigate it.

And another thing. The bases all over the world that one poster seems so confused over: If they all disappeared, you would scarcely believe the bloodshed that would follow in some places. The military acts as a preventer of aggression as well. The simplistic views that bases=bad is just that.

13. No disrepect,

But that's like saying, "We can always fly, as soon as we grow wings and sprout feathers". In short, we can't. I firmly believe that. The fact of the matter is, war is primarily caused by one party being unsatisfied with their position to such a degree that they seek to revise the status-quo. The most expedient way to do that is through violence (And even when violence isn't chosen as the first option, it will be the last, should the other avenues not bring them their goal).

Whether it's because a community is running out of heating fuel, is tired of being looked down on, can't change a political system to one in their favor, wants more of X, is tired of giving up Y, is compelled to by religion, etc, etc, etc,.....people will still be violent and seek change through that violence. It's a sad truth, but an eternal one.

19. Evolution does not have direction or morals. It just IS.

What government do you propose to dictate to people whom that can and can't breed with? You should realize that such a government would be tyrannical beyond anything that has already been seen on earth. You are proposing that women completely lose control over their reproduction.